News &amp; Features - October 2010

From left Ashton Cobaugh, 6, Rusty Cobaugh and Logan Cobaugh, 9, interact with several miniature greyhound dogs in front of the Loveland Museum/Gallery on Saturday while members of the group Italian Grehounds of Colorado pass out flyers with information about a missing dog in Loveland that they hoped to find.

Six-year-old Evan McMaine fends off a remote-controlled spider with his light saber while dressed as ObiWan Kenobi during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Saturday in downtown Loveland.

Dressed as the Grim Reaper, 8-year-old Jesse McGarvey Jr. tosses a bean bag at a target while playing a game during the Halloween Family Fun Festival in downtown Loveland.

Youngsters in the 4 to 5-year-old bracket parade onstage in front of the judges while competing in a costume contest Saturday during the Halloween Family Fun Festival in downtown Loveland.

Loveland Odd Fellows Lodge volunteer Linda Marshall sews a bag using material from a pair of denim jeans on Tuesday at the lodge's location in downtown Loveland. The bags will be filled with toiletry items like toothbrushes, toothpaste, bar soap and shampoo and then be distributed to homeless individuals in Loveland.

Volunteers at the Loveland Odd Fellows Lodge, from left, Linda Benefiel, Joan Schreiber and Linda Marshall, assemble and fill denim bags with toiletry items on Tuesday night that will be distributed to homeless individuals in Loveland. The bags contain a variety of items including a toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, shampoo, deoderant, shaving cream, disposable razor, bar soap, mouthwash and socks.

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Performers from the Loveland Opera Theater's "The Magic Flute" prepare in the Rialto Theater's dressing room before going on stage for a performance in 2008. Seated from right to left are Rob Hoch, Jeffrey Medwetz and Dara Armstrong.

Six-year-old Matteo Scalise, left, looks through a reflecting telescope at the planet Jupieter with the assistance of Jon Caldwell on Tuesday outside Van Buren Elementary School during Space Night. Members of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society set up several telescopes for visitors to the event to learn about the stars and planets.

Thompson School District Science Coordinator Jan Lanting, left, leads Courtney Dumont, 5, Brooke Dumont, 7, and Sofia Doyle, 8, into the Starlab portable inflatable planetarium during the Space Night event at Van Buren Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Once the Starlab was filled with students and their parents Lanting turned out the lights and projected pictures of the stars and planets onto the walls.

Five-year-old Levi Gulbrandson pulls a wagon to the checkout while picking up pumpkins with his family Tuesday at Jake's Farm, 3620 E. Highway 34. Jake's Farm will have pumpkins for sale through Oct. 31, open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and they also have roasted chilis and firewood available for purchase.

Brian Walsh navigates a cone course with his bike as part of the training program for the Larimer County Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Team in North Fort Collins Saturday. The training program focuses on the fundamentals of biking with excercises meant to help wiht slow speed technique and rules of the road.

Jim Rabold, the Larimer County Search and Rescue Mountian Bike Team Coordinator, rides down an obstacle course as part of a training program for the team Saturday in North Fort Collins. The training program is part of 4 part class totaling 32 hours to certify the team with the International Police Mountain Bike Association.

Brendan Murphy, a member of the Larimer County Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Team, rides on a trail during a day of training at the Larimer County Emergency Services Cache in North Fort Collins. The Mountain Bike Team is trying to achieve a certification of Emergency Medical Services cyclists from the International Police Mountain Bike Association.

Pieces of material known as chinking stick out of the Charles Meining House. Chinking refers to materials used to fill the gaps between logs when used to build houses.

The Charles Meinging House, constructed in 1874, is located Southwest of Berthoud but will soon be relocated to the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum. The house was donated by Gary and Julie Moon after they discovered the age of the house, which they had been living in.

Gary Moon, the owner of the property which the Charles Meining House was found, speaks in the loft of the building Saturday. Moon, who has owned the property for 21 years, lived in the Meining house for 10 years before donating it to the Berthoud Historical Society.

Ballot boxes are stacked at Larimer County’s ballot processing center Thursday as election judges work to process ballots in the batching and date area of the center. From left they are Kerri Schnulle, Dorie Johnston, Nicki Bowman and Nelda Carpenter.